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Quakers were among the earliest European settlers of the Old Dartmouth area, which included most of what is now Westport, Acushnet, New Bedford, and Fairhaven. [4] Their first meeting house was built on this property (exact location undetermined) in 1699, and the cemetery is the burial ground for many of Dartmouth's early settlers.
DNRT's photo shows the aftermath of a brush fire that broke out at the Frank Knowles/Little River Reserve in Dartmouth the night of Friday, Nov. 8, amidst "red flag" warnings of dangerously dry ...
Dartmouth shares borders with Westport to the west, Freetown and Fall River to the north, Buzzards Bay to the south, and New Bedford to the east. Boat shuttles provide regular transportation daily to Martha's Vineyard and Cuttyhunk Island. The local weekly newspapers are The Dartmouth/Westport Chronicle and Dartmouth Week.
Originally called The Dartmouth News in 1936, the weekly for Dartmouth and Westport, Massachusetts, called itself "Informative and Entertaining, Invaluable to Home Folks." It was sold in 1969 to Warren Hathaway, who changed the paper's name to The Chronicle. The paper is now based at 45 Slocumb Road, Dartmouth. [19] The Chronicle prints every ...
The area that is now Westport, Massachusetts was originally part of neighboring Dartmouth, separating in 1787.One of the area's earliest settlements was on the barrier island at the mouth of the Westport River, with the point between its two branches developed as an agricultural area, with a ferry between the two established in 1712.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States that focuses on the history, science, art, and culture of the international whaling industry, and the colonial region of Old Dartmouth (now the city of New Bedford and towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Westport) in the South Coast of Massachusetts.
Route 88 is a 11.30-mile-long (18.19 km) north–south state highway in the town of Westport in southeastern Massachusetts. At just over 11 miles, it is the longest Massachusetts state route to be situated in only one town. It begins at John Reed Road and ends at an interchange with I-195.
It includes one house estimated to have been built in 1670, making it Dartmouth's oldest surviving structure, and the town's historic animal pound, a stone enclosure built in 1831. Non-residential buildings include Davolls General Store , a Federal-period general store building, a (former) church built in 1830, and two schools.